(née Omukai) is a Japanese

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who has competed since 2003 and joined the Japanese national team in 2005. She uses a Bromley sled. She married in 2015.

Notable results

Oguchi's first official start in international competition was in the 2006–07 season at

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on the North American Cup circuit, where she placed 23rd. This was followed by two ninth-place finishes, but she did not compete during the 2007–08 or 2008-09 seasons. She returned to competition for the 2009–10 season, and advanced to the

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for 2012–13. Her first World Cup race was in 2013–14, also at Calgary, where she finished 19th, and since then has split her time between the ICC and World Cup circuits. Her best World Cup finish was 13th, in

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at Lake Placid. In the 2017 World Championships, she finished 21st, and she finished the 2016–17 in 26th place in the overall standings.

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* 1984 births Japanese female skeleton racers Living people Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic skeleton racers for Japan 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Skeleton-bio-stub